IKEA is in the midst of rolling out a new lineup of smart home devices, ditching Zigbee in favor of Matter over Thread.

I picked Aqara’s Smart Lock U400 and Roborock’s Saros Rover robot vacuum as the overall best smart home gadgets from CES 2026 ...

Smart home devices that connect over Thread should have a much more stable network thanks to Thread 1.4 support in tvOS 26. Thread is an IP-based wireless protocol that connects primarily smart home ...

Better known for its smart TVs than its smart home products, TCL has nonetheless impressed us with its highly affordable ...

The Aqara FP300 is a battery-powered presence sensor with Thread and mmWave radar, giving HomeKit precise motion and ...

HomeKit light bulbs offer both functionality and convenience. They’ve come down in cost in recent years while also getting much more reliable thanks to technology like Thread and Matter. These smart ...

This smart plug deal is a quick and easy way to make your house a smart home. The Belkin Wemo Smart Plug with Matter’s Thread mesh networking comes in a three-pack, and it’s fully compatible with your ...

The smart home has been drifting into a world of interoperability lately that I never would have expected just a few years ...

Many smart bulb issues often trace back to outdated border-router software that undermines modern Thread and Matter networks.

Aqara launches the Thermostat Hub W200, Camera Hub G350, U400 next-gen smart lock, and new spatial sensors at CES 2026 ...

After more than a decade of accumulating smart plugs, speakers and sensors, I realized parts of my setup were quietly becoming obsolete.